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    1220 AD, the ancient temples of Angkor Wat exist as the remaining relics of a historically and religiously rich city. While many other historical and religious structures in Cambodia have disappeared due in part from being constructed out of vulnerable materials like wood, Angkor Wat still remains as a symbol of the divinity of its former kings, as well as for the palace itself. Likewise, Indonesia’s Borodubur temples exist as the single remaining structures of the city. The temples of Angkor Wat and

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    As a poet Basho’s phenomenal word choice and description allowed us readers to view his journey as if we are there with him. It is amazing to see that Basho is such a religious person who has visited various shrines, temples, and met many new and old friends and created new haiku’s. In addition, this reading was interesting to me because it shows Basho’s motivation to become more enlightened and his choice to live according to Buddha’s life as expressed through his poems

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    Hsi Lai Temple Analysis

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    The Hsi Lai Temple was a very gorgeous outstanding place. With very exotic colors of different kind of orange. You felt the serenity upon entering the temple. There was Buddhist statues or figure on every corner of the temple and any location you walked through. Even in entering of every room there was tigers on both sides of the entrance. In each entering of the temple entrances there was some one greeting in different language. Every person at the temple was very helpful as much as they could.

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    been influenced by ancient Roman and Greek architectural. Although both ancient Romans and Greeks are recognized for their innovations in architecture having both constructed a variety of buildings and structures that can still be appreciated today, they appear to have concentrated mostly on the creation of temples which at first sight seem similar but in reality they each diverged and had their own identity and served for different purposes. Ancient Greek and Roman temples were both similarly built

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    Roman and Greek architecture are very prominent examples of early historic architectural advancements. These cultures left imprints on society, founding future forms of art and architecture through their inspirational elements are artists. These long-lasting cultural elements have created echoes as deep into the future as now, the 21st century. Looking at the Southern Methodist Church in downtown Austin, we see a variety of Greek and Roman architectural elements.  The Southern Methodist Church has

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    The Greek Parthenon vs the Roman Pantheon Imagine asking a five-year-old to draw a picture of a house. A native Floridian probably wouldn’t draw the typical split-plan design with a tile roof and a screened-in lanai. The extent of the child’s artistic ability would probably consist of a box with a triangle on top of it. As fundamental as it sounds, the use of this structure has a long history dating back to ancient Greece. The classical Greek temple, the Parthenon, made use of this design

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    era. The speaker writes “Like the other temple key (line 11)”. Upon reading this line, it brings to mind two important temples that were turned to dust. The first of which was named Solomon’s Temple and destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar I. The second temple was destroyed by the Roman army under Titus. The speaker clears up this ambiguity by writing, “when Roman soldiers bent / And charged with dreadful flames and discipline (line 12-13)”. This points to the Roman retaliation against the Jews when they rebelled

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    Ancient Edfu History

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    it had the largest fertile land. Edfu contains a temple devoted to Horus, the falcon god. This is the youngest and best preserved Temple, as well as the second largest after Karnak. The Temple was built during the Ptolemiac era. The Ptolemica era was after the death of Alexander the Great in 323, his successors ruled under the Ptolemaic Dynasty. This was the last dynasty of independent Egypt. The Temple at Edfu was built on top of an earlier temple to Horus, which was orientated east-west instead

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    Riku Wake Up Essay

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    way to the temple. Slowly, Riku sneaked past a few of the same creatures in the dusk of the night towards the temple . Riku also made sure he stole some of their clubs to use as a weapon later. When he got to the temple, he walked towards the statue. He stared at the writing on the stone tablet near the statue and suddenly his head started to hurt and he started to remember a time he came here. The temple back then was filled with book shelves, candle lights on every table. The temple had windows

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    Topic: Stray Dogs in Bangkok’s Temple Abstract Thai Buddhist temple is the most well known spot to surrender stray dogs, since they have a ton of remains. If the temple dogs get along, then stray dog and stray. Other normal spots incorporate disconnected streets or even outside somebody's fence. This is the reason people can see stray dogs at most sanctuaries around Thailand. Since nobody really care for these animals, some of them have skin infections that make them lose their skin and they

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